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Aug 12, 2023 | 
indianexpress.com | Avishek G Dastidar
“He spoke of station development, a railway university, faster, cleaner trains, induction of new and clean technologies,” a former Railway Board member recalled, adding that after a slow start, Modi’s pet railway university project, Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, became a reality in Vadodara in 2018. “A presentation on the Railways to the PM himself was unheard of,” a former Railway Board member who was part of the meeting told The Indian Express.
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Aug 5, 2023 | 
indianexpress.com | Avishek G Dastidar
Railways is training over 9,000 personnel directly connected with station construction and management to handle the redeveloped Amrit Bharat stations, which, it estimates, will start getting ready in the next two years. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday laid the foundation stone for 508 of the stations taken up for upgrade in the first phase for around Rs 24,700 crore.
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Aug 2, 2023 | 
indianexpress.com | Avishek G Dastidar
Listen to this article Jaipur-Mumbai train shooting: What role does the RPF play in railway security?
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Aug 2, 2023 | 
indianexpress.com | Avishek G Dastidar
IN A flip-flop on the mental health of Chetan Singh, the RPF constable who allegedly shot dead his senior and three passengers in a Mumbai-bound train, the Railways said Wednesday that he and his family kept his medical issues a secret from office, but withdrew the statement later citing an ongoing inquiry.
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Aug 1, 2023 | 
indianexpress.com | Avishek G Dastidar
Listen to this article Next week, PM likely to lay foundation for revamp of 500 stations x 00:00 1x 1.5x 1.8x Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to lay the foundation stones of 500 railway station redevelopment projects in one go next week as part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. The entire Railways machinery is working to pull off this mammoth logistical exercise — what is slated to be the biggest ever foundation stone-laying exercise in one go. Sources said nearly 2.5 lakh school...
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Jul 27, 2023 | 
indianexpress.com | Avishek G Dastidar
A total of 8,000 Vande Bharat coaches are to be manufactured over the next few years as the Indian Railways prepares to overhaul its fleet completely and induct more of these semi-high speed trainsets. A Vande Bharat Express trainset typically has 16 coaches. It also runs with eight coaches on routes based on need.
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Jul 26, 2023 | 
indianexpress.com | Avishek G Dastidar
Listen to this article New trains catering to migrant labourers to be flagged off before August 15 x 00:00 1x 1.5x 1.8x At least a dozen new trains, primarily aimed at long-distance migrants, are likely to be flagged off before August 15, across India, as part of Azaadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. The railways ministry is working out details of creating “paths” to run unreserved general class only trains between various pairs of origin and destination stations which have a huge unmet demand for...
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Jul 25, 2023 | 
msn.com | Avishek G Dastidar
Singing songs and poems composed by fellow Member of Parliament Imran Pratapgarhi, sharing simple, home-cooked food brought by MPs, sleeping under the stars with mosquitoes for company, and waking up next to the two magnificent Parliament buildings. There’s never a dull moment at the Gandhi statue in Parliament complex, where Opposition MPs are rallying around their Aam Aadmi Party colleague Sanjay Singh, who has been sitting on a dharna since Monday after being suspended from the Rajya Sabha.
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Jul 20, 2023 | 
msn.com | Avishek G Dastidar
A station manager and a pointsman of the South Eastern Railways were suspended after an MEMU train narrowly escaped accident near Nilgiri Road station in Odisha’s Balasore, officials said on Thursday. At the Nilgiri Road station, in Balasore-Bhadrak section, a maintenance block was undertaken on a point from 11:05 am to 12:25 pm on July 18. During this period, train movements were taking place on paper authority, according to an official statement.
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Jul 20, 2023 | 
indianexpress.com | Avishek G Dastidar
Listen to this article CJI conveys displeasure over Allahabad HC judge seeking explanation from Railways on train delay x 00:00 1x 1.5x 1.8x Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud has expressed displeasure over an Allahabad High Court judge seeking an explanation from the Railways about the delay of a train in which the judge, Justice Gautam Chowdhary, travelled recently. “Protocol ‘facilities’ which are made available to Judges should not be utilised to assert a claim to privilege which sets...
